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Seta. SUlc Historical Society VOL. NO. LXI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY APRIL 12, 1945 NO. 29 Pretident Franklin D. Roose velt died this afternoon. Death was caused by cerebral hemorr hage, at the Warm Springs resort in Georgia where he had Leen for seme ten days. Vice President Harry S. Tru man, who succeeds to the na tion's highest office, was called to the White House immediate ly. An im mediate cabinet meeting was summoned. The four Roosevelt sons, all cf whom are in sei-vice, were notified of the president's death by messages from Mrs. Roosevelt. She told them that the Presi dent had done his job to the end and that she knew he would want them to do so too. Mrs. Roosevelt, Stephen Early and Admiral Mclntyre, the president's physician arranged to leave for Warm Springs al most immediately. Early said the funeral servi ces will be held Saturday after noon in the East Roan of the White House, interment will be at Hyde Park Sunday afternoon. Fruit in State Seriously Hurt By Recent Cold dierries Thought Damaged and Other Fruit Badly Damaged in Cold and Frost LINCOLN. Neb.. (U.PJ The cherry crop in Nebraska this year r uaw 111 De a Tiear lauure- i 1-1 1- Ml 1 . judging from reports on damage1 , , , . caused by low temperatures last week, agricultural statisticians said today in the weekly weather report. The amount of damage to fruit ... ! . . , , , partial crop. Pears and apples suffered only limited damaere an small fruits generally were not , , harmed The heaviest snow on record for April fell in the southeast por-J tions of the state the first two ! days of the week covered in the report. Unseasonably low tempera tures accompanied the snow. The rest cf the week was mostly fair and warm, with a change for cold er and rain or light snow spread ing over the north and west por tions at the close of the week. Field work was interrupted by the heavy snowfall in southeast t Nebraska. Snow elsewhere in the i;tate generally was light, and farmers report they need more moisture .It was estimated SO per cent of oats and barley, and 54 per cent of the potatoes have been planted. John Carmack Is Reported Better The many friends here of John Carmack will be pleased to learn that he is doing very well at the Clarkson hospital at Omaha where he has been since Sunday. Mr. Carmack vvas operated on Monday and has shown a fine re sponse and is well on the way to recovery. Mrs. L. W Egenberger and Mr. Andrew Kroehler were in Omaha Wednesday and visited at the hospital and brought Mrs. Carmack home, she having remain ed there with her husband during the operation. DISTRICT COURT HERE District Judge Thomas E. Dun bar will be here on Wednesday, April 25th to hold a session of the court. This information was given Clerk of the District Court C. E. Ledgway. at Warm ifSQk I B S it n Hi I . n n South Okinawa Battle Reaches A Stalemate Heavy Enemy Fire Checks the American Advances on Naha Capitol of Island GUAM. (U.P) The ? t n 1 e- mated battle on southern Okin- u-Crt ntn tfeo f.vK Aw tn.! " " ....... .. iVL..l kw dav with heavy enemy mortar and " . ' .... ', artillery fire still checking the American drive on the capital citvi cf Naha. (A Domei dispatch, recorded i by the FCC, reported that about j t0 American carrier planes raid- ed northern Formosa for two ' hours today. Formosa lies off the , southwestern tip of the Rvukvus. '.'..( i v ' , , . FTont reports from Okinawa isiana.) said the American drive also was hampered by drenching rains, which stalled motorized equip ment and bogged down foot troops of the 24th army corp. While the army troops were battling against the Japanese stone wall in the south, marines! made some advances in Ishikawa peninsula in the north . Admiral Chester W. Nimitz meantime disclosed that army troops completed the occupation yesterday of Tsu.?en I-land, off the east coast of Okinawa and dominating Okinawa's Nakagusu ku bay. Nimitz also revealed that I American casualties in the first nine days of the campaign total ed 2,695, of which 432 were kill ed, 2.013 wounded and 160 miss ing. The count of Japanese dead on Okinawa totaled 5.009 through Sunday. United Press Correspondent E. G. .Valens .with the Seventh army division on the island, said the troops were encountering heavily-mined roads and fields and hundreds of deep caves in ridges, which have to be cleared out one by one. Some of the caves are two stories deep, he reported. Harry Walters To Omaha Hospital Wednesday afternoon Harry Walters, well known resident of this city, was taken to Omaha where he entered the Clarkson ! hospital. He will ppend some time there i under observation and treatment ! as his health has not been the 'best of late. I Read Journal Want Ads American Red Cross Aiding War Prisoners Trying to Reach the 70,000 American Prisoners Held in Germany to Offer Aid WASHINGTON. -(U.P?. retarv of War Henrv L. Stimscn I nd RocwtKn. r.f Str r,l-ov V I . . v,. . w. vv.- .v. Stettinius. said today that 70.000 American of war hU' prisoners in Germany are living under ;dej plorable' conditions. They said. however, that the American KeJ, Cross through the Internationa i-ea cross nas been and is doing! everything within their powrc to get relief to the American prisoners, -p, . . , . X...:.- .....mi secretaries prumiseu, win nn;; 'r 4 i. .1 t .i forget the criminal nazi treatment , of the prisoners. "The perpetrators of these henious crimes will be brought to justice," they said. Stimson read the statement to his press con ference shortly after the Inter- cable from Geneva that truck, convoys carrying Red Cross sup-! plies started a daily service today from Switzerland to prison camps; in Germany. It informed the American Red Cross that 296 trucks are avail able for this work. Attend Church Meet This Week Dr. H. G. McClusky drove a party of Plattsmouth ladies to Beatrice this week to attend the the Presbytery, the two church meetings being held in the same city this year. The ladies at the meeting were Mrs. James Bulin, Mrs. Henry J. Donat, Mrs, Oliver Meisinger, and Mrs. V. W. Perry, the secre tary of the children's work de partment of the Presbyter ial. The two organizations held their business sessions separately! and enjoyed jointly the - special feature of the sessions that m-j eluded a talK by Mrs. Henry Lampe. who has spent many years j . T. . . I in Korea as a missionary. m.-. w.ii 1.1. ij: v, i ne naiismuuin lames also bad an especial treat in visiting: with Miss Olive Jones, a resident at the P.E.O. home in Beatrice. The ladies called several times and found Miss Jones very happy and getting along in fine shane.' ident under Polk, who was elected Mrs Perry was a guest at the president of the United States on home overnight during her stay,a ticket "advocating admission of as a guest of Miss Jones. 1 Texas to the Union. ' Service People V edding Held at Washington, D C Service People Are Wedded at Little Stcne Chapel at Walter Reed Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Frank Toman an nounce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Clara Alyce, United States naval reserve, and Donald Irvine McPherson, air corps of the United States army, whose home is at Linclon, Ne braska. The wedding was held cn Mon day mornir.g, April 9th, at the little stone chapel situated among the pines on the grounds of the Walter Reed general hospital, Washington, D. C. At ten hundred, army navy time, the first strains of the brid al chorus from "Lohengrin" brought the bride to attention, taking the arm of Mr. Charles Whitman and following the maid of honor down the aisle toward the beautiful flowered altar dec orated by the Grey Lady organi zation of the American Red Cross. Through the stained windows the morning sun reflected rainbow ravs across the rcindle lit altar as the bridal group took their I j place before Rev. Anton.e Barrett, , j army chaplain and member of the ; I order of lhe "ranc,sean fathers- 1 j air. cnanes w unman. o .rector jof public relations for the Nation-j jal Red Cross, presented the br.de j to the groom and the ceremony ; started with the priest blessing , decree providing the death pen-' the bride' white prayer book.alty for German responsible! decorated with an orchid inset ; i 0",u" a V1 V1 j lage who fails in this assignment. valley and white ribbon streamers.; R..nmler said every village and ! The bride was dressed in the;town ..wiU be defended and held I white WAVES uniform with gar-;fcy all mean8 available." nsc-n cap, wnue tne groom was; The Stockholm Tidningen quot attired in the army air force uni-ed miiitarv SOurces in Berlin as form of the day. . j sayin& that the f inal decisive bat. Attending the bride and grocmtle in Germany would be fought were Miss Muriel Appel, Marine j the historic Napoieonic battle- : corps women's reserve and Staff I Sergeant Azzan McKeggan of the Eighth bomber command. During the reading of the vows. Sec-!Miss IIelen TomaT1' of Omaha.! Nebraska' atteruied the bridal ' Z7? after wh5ch the elody of !in 0T . tne strains. of "A1,frro'' as the bride and groom arose from kneeling on f v P11:cwa and Proceeaea out ; l"-h-' '" i canopy covering the steps leadine from the chapel where nhotogra-'. :pher? were waiting. Spectator followed with rice. The bridal croup made haste to ! their car and drove to the Mt. -,;ernon cardens overlooking the i . i Potomac river where they spent: ' I tne day. The reception was held in the! early evening at the residence of Mrs. Hendrich Eustis in old col onial Georgetown, where the wed ding cake, snacks and cocktails i were served the guests in the r 1U ",c ..Miss neien lumoii. wiuai.-. ! braska; Mrs. Alvm stou, loungs- town, Ohio: Lincoln Burrows. Rochester, New York; Stephen Walters. New York City; Cor-i i m'll 1 T7 TT1! Tl L.1 n . Tiorai vviuara r,. xian. ruiuouu. Washington, D. C; Commander R. S. Quackenbush, Jr.,, US AAF., Lt. and Mrs. S. E. Butler, US NR.. Mr. and Mrs Lewis Lynch, Misses Emma, Gladys and Beatrice Peter son, Charles Whitman, Mrs. Hend rich Eustis and twelve WAVE friends. The bride and groom left the Teception to rush to the airport to catch a plane for Nebraska to visit their parents. From Nebras ka they go to Miami Beach. Fla., where they will spend a fifteen day honeymoon. BRITISH SHIPS ACTIVE - April 12 (U.P) Radio Tokyo said today that an Allied task ' f inflndinp" the British bat- ' Queen Eiizabeth and anot- beieved the French Rich- raided gabail? on We Is land off Sumatra Wednesday morning. Ti . MT4ft.f . l aa L"c 'i''"- - - major French vessel taking part in Pacific war operations. j Delias, Tex., was named for George Miff in Dallas. Vice Pres Legion County Commander Here Guy L. Clements, Elmwood j banker and attorney, Cass eooun ty commander of the American Legion, was in Pluttsmouth Wed nesday afternoon. Mr. Clements while here was in consultation with W. R. Holly, the chairman of the entertain ment committee of the local Le gion post, regarding the Cass; county conference here on Thurs- j dj April 26th. The local post will prepare the settings for the convention which j will be held at the 40 et H rooms, i . A number of representatives j of the state department will be j here for the meeting and a lar e ; number of Legion members are j expected from over the county. ! Hitler To Lead Henchmen into Armageddon Final Stand to Be Made In South Germany With All Weap otii Possible LONDON, U.R) i Stockholm J reports said today that Adolph j Hitler and his henchmen rins. ' aiy would lead the nazis in their armageddon at Leipzig, throwing all their secm weapons and po , sibly poison gas into a climactic I batte to the death ntinrith Himmler, chief of the petapo. the SS Elite Guard and the German hnm ;c,,? o for the defense of a town or vil f id at Leipzig. Hitler, high party members and nazi Gauleiters or district lead ers intend to die for Germany on the last battlefield, the uncon firn,ed Stockholm reports said Face to face with utter defeat and extinction the nazi chieftains Were reported preparing to throw Very last ounce cf their fast- dwindling resources into their valedictory. l i j kt -"cai L,aay lears .87 Birthday m Anno t ;mD nf hic nr ; ,0u: i ;t,,T.oQ,-Cr,v ican.nig nci cieuij-M.tuui , ..;,..., cotnrlax- f "ay anniversary on baturaay oi ti-ohI- civtv.-fivn nf thoc , . . . plHttsrn0.ltu Mrs. Lillie came to the United States from her native Switzer land with her parents, they ar riving in this city where their cousin, Matt Schlegel was located , and operating a cigar manuiac- turing plant . Mrs. Lillie recalls that the first night they reached this city, fire destroyed the clothing store of C. E. Wescott, then recently here from Indiana. They were resid ing on an upper floor and lost all their possessions. The birthday anniversary will be quietly observed here by the members of the family circle and a few of the old friends. Local Boy Is War Casualty Mrs. Edith Landis, formerly of Plattsmouth, now residing in Lin coln has received word from the war department that her son, Sgt. WTm. D. Landis was in a hospital in England, having been wounded in action in Belgium. He is serving with an infantry unit. Sgt. Landis graduated from Plattsmouth High school in the class of 1942. Mrs. J. W. CrabilU 1 Visits in Omaha Mrs. J. W. Crab ill of this city is at Omaha where she is to spend a short time as a guest at the home of her sister, Mrs. Blanche Northcutt. Mrs. Crabill has not been in the best of health for some time and will receive medical treatment while in Omaha. American From lion With B unc it Surrender of Isolated German Units Forseen Churchill Tells Commons Of Forcing Germans to Quit Over Some Lapse of Time. London, April 12 (U.R) Prime Minister Winston Churchill an nounced in Commons today that the Allies forsee a necessity of forcing isolated German Army segments and areas into uncon ditional surrender over some per iod of time. Churchill said in a brief ans wer to a question in Commons: "The policy of unconditional surrender piecemeal and is not surrender does not exclude uncon ditional piecemeal and is not necessarily applied only to whole sale surrender." District Judge Decides Case District Judge Thomas E. Dun bar was in the city for a short time Thursday morning and was a caller at the office of the clerk of the district court. Judge Dunbar while here en tered his decision in the case of Henry Royer vs. S. T. Gilmour, an action involving the settlement of corn delivered at the Mynard elevator of the A. B. Wilson Grain company. Both parties contended as to the amount that each was to re alize from the proceeds of the corn and the money had been paid by the grain company into the of ice of the clerk of the court. Judge Dunbar assessed the a mount to be recovered by Mr. Royer at $576.13, the remain der of the amount to be paid to Mr. Gilmour. The amounts to - be paid out of the funds held by the clerk. The plaintiff and defendant are to pay their own court costs. State to Retain War Time Standard Lincoln, Nebr., (U.R Neb raska s clocks are lor the pre sent safe from the threat of being advanced one hour. Sen. Ed Schult, Elgin, today sought and received unanimous consent to place at the bottom of the legislature's general file his bill which would return the state from war to central standard time. moment during his jeep tour of the Okinawa beachhead, noted J. P. Murray, of the Marines, of Wmthrop, Mass. (U. S. Navy 9t h Army Fiity lies Berlin as Elbe Stormed; PARIS, April 12, (U.R; Ameri can ifth army tanks rmasned through the Elbe river defenses today, striking into the last fifty miles before Berlin, and Lt. Gen. George S. Pattun's 3rd army splintered Germany's east front ( supply lines with a 46-mile dash. from Halle and Leinzi. I " i Elements cf the 9th army's 2ndj "hell on wheels" armored uivis- ion stormed across the Elbe at I an unspecified point near thej fortress city of Mac-deburg, CO! miles west of Berlin. First reports indicated the A mericans may have captured in tact one of the tix Elbe bridges in the Magdeburg area, opening the way for a full scale armored drive into the doomed German capital. The 9th army troops spurted 55 miles through the weakest enemy opposition to reach the El-j be late yesterday, a pace if it were continued which would threaten to carry their battle flags into Berlin by nightfall. The flashing drive across Ber lins last western water barrier raised the imminent threat of disaster for perhaps one million Germans facing the red army a long the Oder river line 117 miles to the east. Four more 9th army divisions were crowding on the heels of the 2nd armored division, ready to swing across the Elbe and break into the rear of the Germans O der river defenses. Simultaneously Patton's charg-! ing 3rd army tanks were cutting across the German escape routes south of Berlin against equally j disorganized opposition. j American reconnaissance flyers reported sighting Patton's tanks at Halle 77 miles south of Berlin and 15 miles northwest of Leip zig putting the 3rd army barely 90 miles from a juncture with the Russians. Patton's 4th and 6th armored divisions both operating under ri gid security blackouts sprinted 25 and 46 miles beyond their last reported positions 120 odd miles southwest of Berlin, apparently headed . for the Halle-Leinzig a reas. The ninth army's break throu gh carried to within at least 117 miles of a junction with the Rus sians along the Oder river north east of Berlin. The junction may come by Sat urday, military sources said. Elsewhere along the 400-mile western front, seven other allied armies also chalked up new gains against the disintegrating Wehr macht. They included: eds Ds Hearer American first army Advanc ed across the Thuringian plain to within 116 miles southwest of Berlin and 49 miles from Leipzig in an end run around the south ern end of the 3,700-foot Harz mountains. American tkird army three armored and at least six infantry divisions gained up to 15 miles on a new rampage along a 60 mile front on the lirst army-s southern fiank. They were under a security blackout, but at lust reports the third army was 12C miles southeast of Berlin. American seventh army com pleted the capture of Sihweinfurt Bombdevastated Bavarian Ball Bearing center 53 miles north west of Nuernberg. Another col umn was within 330 miles of Nuernberg. French first army advanced five miles to within nine miles of Baden Baden, in the Black forest 40 miles west of Stuttgart. British second army reported storming Bremen and advancing northeast between Bremen and Hannover 50 miles or less from Hamburg. Canadian first army extend ed bridgehead across Issel River in Holland toward V-Bomb coast Together with the British seconJ army, the Canadians cleared near ly half of the German pocket be tween Ems and Weser rivers. Patriotic Group Meet Wednesday Wednesday evening the mem bers of the Fontenelie chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at the home of Mrs. E. H. Wescott on high school hill with a fine attendance of the membership. The devotional period was in charge of Mrs. Zilpha Seward while the lesson was in charge of Miss Pearle Staats, the regent of the chapter. Miss Staats had arranged a fine program on the topic of "Peace in America" that was enjoyed by everyone of the chapter members, and was a fine study of the peace loving nations of the new world. The chapter voted to aid in the clothing drive for the needy in Europe . This year the district and state meetings are postponed and the present officers will be continued over until the 1946 meetings. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Davis are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Margaret, to Pvt. Virgil Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs .L. J. Miller of Monowi, Nebraska. ERNIE PYLE TOURS OKINAWA BEACHHEAD Halting for a war corresponoent Ernie Pyie cnais Wiin nis "cnauffeur", Pfc. Photo from KEA).